Fined by the OCR for HIPAA Problems Yet? HIPAA, Privacy & Security Fundamentals

With more than 20 years of working with healthcare industry clients, Lynn Sessions focuses her practice on healthcare operations and regulatory work, with an emphasis on healthcare privacy and data security, breach response, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. Having previously served as in-house counsel and director of several departments at a nationally ranked children’s hospital, Lynn collaborates closely with healthcare clients and approaches her legal representation from a client’s perspective.

Lynn is a frequent speaker on a range of topics affecting health industry clients, including HIPAA compliance, data breach response, cyber and network security, enterprise risk management, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), handling adverse patient events, and insurance and risk financing. Lynn is also a regular contributor to BakerHostetler’s “Data Privacy Monitor” blog, available at www.dataprivacymonitor.com, as well as the Health Law Update.

Lynn received her JD from Baylor Law School in 1993.

Clinton Mikel joined the Health Law Partners in December 2011. Mr. Mikel is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School.

Mr. Mikel has practiced in almost all areas of healthcare law but has focused his practice on compliance with federal and state health care regulations and transactional matters. Mr. Mikel specializes in HIPAA and state privacy laws, federal and state information breaches (strategic investigations and disclosures), state and federal telehealth/telemedicine issues, federal and state self-referral laws, including Stark, federal and state anti-kickback laws, and information technology issues. Mr. Mikel has represented a variety of health care providers, including telemedicine providers, physician groups, hospitals, large health systems, critical access hospitals, rural health centers, and sleep laboratories.

Mr. Mikel is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Health Care Law Section and the Business Law Section), the State Bar of California (Business Law Section), the State Bar of Georgia, the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Telemedicine Association, the American Bar Association (Health Law Section), and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.

Mr. Mikel has authored several articles and given several public presentations in the health care field, and regularly conducts educational sessions for clients on various health law matters.